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Arlan Hamilton on Raising 1st VC Fund While Homeless to Attack Tech’s White Guy Diversity Problem


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Arlan Hamilton isn’t your typical VC. She’s a smart, scrappy founder and fighter and believes in inclusion and diversity to drive outsized rewards. Her firm Backstage Capital invests in underrepresented founders like herself: people of color, LGBT and anyone SF wouldn’t normally give a fair shake. She’s fiery, she attacks conventions and she’s changing the world of tech while focused on enormous ROIs. Enjoy.
Listen and Learn:

* How to raise your 1st VC fund, while being homeless
* The power of connecting founders with investors
* What will happen to Silicon Valley’s big boy club
* Why under-represented founders deliver outsized returns
* How to be contrarian with your focuses
* Why grit is the #1 most important factor for founders and investors
* What investors lack that operators know
* The massive disparity in venture capital
* Why Silicon Valley doesn’t have a pipeline problem


Arlan’s Projects:
Arlan’s Angellist profile
Backstage Capital
Bootstrapped VC podcast
Arlan’s Twitter: @arlanwashere
Backstage Capital Twitter: @backstage_cap
Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Arlan Hamilton isn’t your typical VC. She’s a smart, scrappy founder and fighter and believes in inclusion and diversity to drive outsized rewards. Her firm Backstage Capital invests in underrepresented founders like herself: people of color, LGBT and anyone SF wouldn’t normally give a fair shake. She’s fiery, she attacks conventions and she’s changing the world of tech while focused on enormous ROIs. Enjoy.
Listen and Learn:

* How to raise your 1st VC fund, while being homeless
* The power of connecting founders with investors
* What will happen to Silicon Valley’s big boy club
* Why under-represented founders deliver outsized returns
* How to be contrarian with your focuses
* Why grit is the #1 most important factor for founders and investors
* What investors lack that operators know
* The massive disparity in venture capital
* Why Silicon Valley doesn’t have a pipeline problem


Arlan’s Projects:
Arlan’s Angellist profile
Backstage Capital
Bootstrapped VC podcast
Arlan’s Twitter: @arlanwashere
Backstage Capital Twitter: @backstage_cap
Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.
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